As the new year approaches fast, it’s time to start preparing for 2025. Whether you’re looking ahead from 2024 or planning just in time, now is the perfect moment to organize your content for the year to come. National days have become increasingly popular, offering unique opportunities to engage audiences with timely, relevant themes.
I’m thrilled to announce that the 2025 editions of my bestselling printable National Days Calendars are ready and available in advance. This year, I’ve introduced a cute watercolor design and a special kid-friendly version tailored for teachers and parents for the school year 2024-2025. If you’re interested in these beautifully designed calendars, you can purchase them in my Etsy shop. Don’t miss out on getting a head start on your content planning for a fantastic year ahead!
Also, we have created so many curated national lists that cover different topics from food and animals, to hobbies and special causes. You can see all our lists on all National Days page.
Complete List of National Days in January 2025
There are well over 100 national and awareness days in January. Some are fixed on specific dates, while others follow a particular rule. For example, Plan For Vacation Day is always celebrated on the last Tuesday of January.
We will start with a list of January national days where the date varies, followed by a list of national days with fixed dates.
- National “Thank God It’s Monday” Day (1st Monday in January)
- National Sunday Supper Day (2nd Sunday in January)
- National Clean Off Your Desk Day (2nd Monday in January)
- National Shop For Travel Day (2nd Tuesday in January)
- National Vision Board Day (2nd Saturday in January)
- World Religion Day (3rd Sunday in January)
- Martin Luther King Jr Day (3rd Monday in January)
- Blue Monday (3rd Monday in January)
- Brew Monday (3rd Sunday in January)
- Museum Selfie Day (3rd Wednesday in January)
- Get to Know Your Customers Day (3rd Thursday of each quarter: January, April, July, October)
- National Use Your Gift Card Day (3rd Saturday in January)
- Community Manager Appreciation Day (4th Monday in January)
- Library Shelfie Day (4th Wednesday in January)
- National Fun At Work Day (last Friday in January)
- National Big Wig Day (last Friday in January)
- National Seed Swap Day (last Saturday in January)
- National Bubble Wrap Day (last Friday in January)
- National Plan for Vacation Day (last Tuesday in January)
Below is the complete list of January national days. I hope you enjoy using our list and return to this article whenever you need inspiration!
January 1
- Apple Gifting Day #AppleGiftingDay
- Global Family Day #GlobalFamilyDay
- National Bloody Mary Day #NationalBloodyMaryDay
- National Hangover Day #NationalHangOverDay
- Polar Bear Plunge Day #PolarPlunge
- Public Domain Day #PublicDomainDay
January 2
- Happy Mew Year for Cats Day #HappyMewYearforCatsDay
- National Buffet Day #NationalBuffetDay
- National Cream Puff Day #NationalCreamPuffDay
- National Personal Trainer Awareness Day #NationalPersonalTrainerAwarenessDay
- National Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
- World Introvert Day #IntrovertDay
January 3
- Festival of Sleep Day #FestivalOfSleepDay
- International Mind-Body Wellness Day
- National Drinking Straw Day #NationalDrinkingStrawDay
- National Fruitcake Toss Day #NationalFruitcakeTossDay
January 4
- National Spaghetti Day #NationalSpaghettiDay #NationalSpaghettiDay🍝
- National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
- World Hypnotism Day #WorldHypnotismDay
January 5
- National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
- National Keto Day #NationalKetoDay
- National Screenwriters Day #NationalScreenwritersDay
- National Whipped Cream Day #NationalWhippedCreamDay
January 6
- National Bean Day #NationalBeanDay
- National Cuddle Up Day #NationalCuddleUpDay
- National Shortbread Day #NationalShortbreadDay
- National Technology Day #TechnologyDay
January 7
- National Bobblehead Day #NationalBobbleheadDay
- National Tempura Day #NationalTempuraDay
January 8
- National Argyle Day #NationalArgyleDay #ArgyleDay
- National Bubble Bath Day #BubbleBathDay
- National English Toffee Day #NationalEnglishToffeeDay
- National Winter Skin Relief Day #NationalWinterSkinReliefDay
- World Typing Day #WorldTypingDay #TypingDay
January 9
- National Apricot Day #ApricotDay
- National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day #NationalLawEnforcementAppreciationDay
- National Static Electricity Day #StaticElectricityDay
- National Word Nerd Day #NationalWordNerdDay
January 10
- National Bittersweet Chocolate Day #NationalBittersweetChocolateDay
- National Cut Your Energy Costs Day #NationalCutYourEnergyCostsDay #CutYourEnergyCostsDay
- National Houseplant Appreciation Day #HouseplantAppreciationDay
- National Oysters Rockefeller Day #NationalOystersRockefellerDay
- National Save The Eagles Day #NationalSaveTheEaglesDay
January 11
- National Hot Toddy Day #NationalHotToddyDay
- National Milk Day #NationalMilkDay
- National Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay
January 12
- International Kiss A Ginger Day #KissAGingerDay
- National Curried Chicken Day #NationalCurriedChickenDay #CurriedChickenDay
- National Marzipan Day #NationalMarzipanDay
- National Pharmacist Day #NationalPharmacistDay
January 13
- Korean American Day #KoreanAmericanDay
- Make Your Dreams Come True Day #MakeYourDreamsComeTrueDay
- National Gluten-Free Day #NationalGlutenFreeDay #GlutenFreeDay
- National Peach Melba Day #NationalPeachMelbaDay #PeachMelbaDay
- National Rubber Ducky Day #NationalRubberDuckyDay #RubberDuckyDay
- National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
January 14
- National Dress Up Your Pet Day #DressUpYourPetDay
- National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day #NationalHotPastramiSandwichDay #HotPastramiSandwichDay
- Organize Your Home Day #OrganizeYourHomeDay
- World Logic Day #WorldLogicDay
January 15
- National Bagel Day #NationalBagelDay
- National Booch Day #NationalBoochDay #BoochDay
- National Hat Day #NationalHatDay #HatDay
- National Strawberry Ice Cream Day #StrawberryIceCreamDay
January 16
- International Hot and Spicy Food Day #InternationalHotAndSpicyFoodDay #HotAndSpicyFoodDay
- National Fig Newton Day #NationalFigNewtonDay #FigNewtonDay
- National Nothing Day #NationalNothingDay #NothingDay
January 17
- Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day #DitchNewYearsResolutionsDay
- Kid Inventors’ Day #KidInventorsDay
- National Bootlegger’s Day #NationalBootleggersDay #BootleggersDay
- National Hot Buttered Rum Day #NationalHotButteredRumDay #HotButteredRumDay
January 18
- National Gourmet Coffee Day #NationalGourmetCoffeeDay #GourmetCoffeeDay
- National Peking Duck Day #NationalPekingDuckDay
- National Thesaurus Day #NationalThesaurusDay #ThesaurusDay
- National Winnie The Pooh Day #WinnieThePoohDay #WinnieThePoohDay🍯 #WinnieThePoohDay🍯🐻 #WinnieThePoohDay🍯🐝 #NationalWinnieThePoohDay
January 19
- National Popcorn Day #NationalPopcornDay #NationalPopcornDay🍿
- World Quark Day #WorldQuarkDay
January 20
- National Buttercrunch Day #NationalButtercrunchDay
- National Cheese Lover’s Day #CheeseLoversDay
- National Coffee Break Day #NationalCoffeeBreakDay #CoffeeBreakDay
- National Disc Jockey Day a.k.a. National DJ Day #NationalDiscJockeyDay
- National Penguin Day #NationalPenguinDay
January 21
- International Sweatpants Day #InternationalSweatpantsDay
- National Granola Bar Day #NationalGranolaBarDay
- National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
- Squirrel Appreciation Day #SquirrelAppreciationDay
January 22
- Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day #AnswerYourCatsQuestionsDay #AnswerYourCatsQuestionDay #AnswerYourCatsQuestion
- Celebration of Life Day #CelebrationOfLifeDay
- National Blonde Brownie Day #NationalBlondeBrownieDay #BlondeBrownieDay
- National Hot Sauce Day #HotSauceDay #NationalHotSauceDay
January 23
- National Handwriting Day #NationalHandwritingDay #HandwritingDay
- National Pie Day #NationalPieDay ##NationalPieDay🥧 #PieDay #PieDay2025
January 24
- Beer Can Appreciation Day #BeerCanAppreciationDay
- National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
- National Peanut Butter Day #NationalPeanutButterDay #PeanutButterDay
- International Day of Education (UNESCO)
January 25
- National Irish Coffee Day #NationalIrishCoffeeDay
- Opposite Day #NationalOppositeDay #OppositeDay
- Burns Night (UK and Scotland) #BurnsNight
January 26
- Australia Day #AustraliaDay
- International Customs Day #InternationalCustomsDay
- National Spouses Day #NationalSpousesDay
- National Green Juice Day #NationalGreenJuiceDay
- National Peanut Brittle Day #NationalPeanutBrittleDay
January 27
- Family Literacy Day (Canada) #FamilyLiteracyDay
- National Chocolate Cake Day #ChocolateCakeDay #NationalChocolateCakeDay #ChocolateCakeDay🍫🍰
- World Breast Pumping Day #WorldBreastPumpingDay
January 28
- Data Privacy Day #DataPrivacyDay
- Global Community Engagement Day #GlobalCommunityEngagementDay
- International Lego Day #LegoDay #InternationalLegoDay
- National Blueberry Pancake Day #NationalBlueberryPancakeDay #BlueberryPancakeDay
- National Daisy Day #DaisyDay
- National Kazoo Day #NationalKazooDay #KazooDay
January 29
- National Corn Chip Day #NationalCornChipDay #CornChipDay
- National Puzzle Day #NationalPuzzleDay
January 30
- National Croissant Day #NationalCroissantDay
January 31
- National Backward Day #NationalBackwardDay
- National Hot Chocolate Day #NationalHotChocolateDay
- National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day #InspireYourHeartWithArtDay
National Weeks in January 2025
- 12-18 January: National Pizza Week
- 19-25 January: National Irish Coffee Week
National Months in January 2025
To make it easier for you, we’ve categorized the months for your convenience. We begin our list of national months in January 2025 with a generic category and follow with food & drink, health and pets & animals related months.
- Brain Teaser Month
- Clean Up Your Computer Month
- Financial Wellness Month (get my free financial trackers)
- Get a Balanced Life Month (get my free life balance wheel worksheet)
- Get Organized & Be Productive (GO) Month (check out all of my free printables)
- International Brain Teaser Month
- International Change Your Stars Month
- International Creativity Month
- International Quality of Life Month
- Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month
- National Be On-Purpose Month
- National Black Diamond Month
- National Book Blitz Month
- National Hobby Month
- National Mail Order Gardening Month
- National Mentoring Month
- National Skating Month
- National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
- National Stalking Awareness Month
- National Thank You Month
Food & Drink National Months in January
- Apple and Apricot Month
- Artichoke and Asparagus Month
- Be Kind To Food Servers Month
- Bread Machine Baking Month
- California Dried Plum Digestive Month
- Ginuary
- National Fiber Focus Month
- National Hot Tea Month
- National Meat Month
- National Menudo Month
- National Oatmeal Month
- National Slow Cooking Month
- National Soup Month
- National Sunday Supper Month
- National Wheat Bread Month
- Prune Breakfast Month
- Tubers and Dried Fruit Month
- Veganuary
Pets & Animals National Months in January
- Adopt a Rescued Bird Month
- National Train Your Dog Month
- Unchain a Dog Month
- Walk Your Dog Month
Health Related National Months in January
- Dry January (to participate in this challenge get my free 30 days without alcohol tracker)
- Family Fit Lifestyle Month
- Cervical Health Awareness Month
- National Bath Safety Month
- National Birth Defects Prevention Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Braille Literacy Month
- National CBD Month
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month
- National Radon Action Month
- National Staying Healthy Month
- Thyroid Awareness Month
Here is an extensive list of national days and observances in January. If you’re curious about national days in other months or want to explore our curated lists of national days, visit our All National Days page. There, you’ll find links to all the national days content available on DigitalHygge.
